Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-06-26
Editing: Bill Parker (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #7 Edit Cover
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Captain Marvel and the Squadron of Doom
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Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
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Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3. Copyright No. B 459577. See https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/application-card/CC19381945B_459000-460999.0578 for more details. No renewal record found on copyright.gov nor is any renewal notated in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series. Part 2: Periodicals Jan-Dec 1967: Vol 21.

The Squadron of Doom
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Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 10.67 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Dirk Svenson (villain, fisherman); Rodney Stark (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Billy investigates the mysterious disappearance of the freighter, Red Star, last seen near the coast of Greenland. There he discovers that Rodney Stark has invented a machine that slowly melts ice, freeing prehistoric men, whom he uses as slaves to build a massive airforce to attack and subdue the United States.
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Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover.

[no title indexed]
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Golden Arrow / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Far beneath the earth's surface Golden Arrow, fearless hero of the old west, finds death waiting.
  • Keywords:jails; mining; San Pesos Gold Mine
Characters:
Bronk Braddock (villain); Brute Braddock (villain); Carol Braddock; White Wind (horse)
Synopsis:
Carol's murderous uncles hope to convince her that her gold mine is haunted. Golden Arrow exposes their plot to acquire the mine for themselves.

[no title indexed]
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Lance O'Casey / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:adventure
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Daniel Doom; Gail Benson; sailing ships; outrigger canoes; Mister Hogan (monkey); Steel Brody
Synopsis:
Lance and Cap'n Doom help Gail recover a treasure in gold from her father's sunken ship.

The Horned Bear
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text story / 2 pages

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typeset
  • Genre:adventure

[The Mask's Kidnapping Scheme]
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Spy Smasher / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:spy; superhero
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[Peril in Fort Worth]
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Dan Dare / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
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Dan Dare

[no title indexed]
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Dr. Voodoo / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:jungle; fantasy-supernatural
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Dr. Voodoo [Dr. Hal Carey] (introduction, origin); Dr. Carey; Mrs. Carey (introduction, death); Okoro (villain, introduction); Maxinya (introduction); Cashibus (Brazilian tribe); Jappa (jaguar)
Synopsis:
Hal's father bequeaths his practice among the Blancas, a white tribe in Brazil, to Hal. A jealous medicine man stirs up fear of Hal and it's only after a knife duel that Hal can reassert himself as a friend of the Blancas.

[no title indexed]
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Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 9 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look out, darling, we'll be killed!
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Tommy (introduction); Carl Brand (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

story continues in next issue.

Ricca can be spotted by his rounded faces with squinting eyes and a small dent under the middle of the chin.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Captain Marvel and the Squadron of Doom
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  2. The Squadron of Doom
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  3. ["Far beneath the earth's surface Golden Arrow, fearless hero of the old west, finds death waiting."]
    Golden Arrow
  4. ["Lance O'Casey and his guest, Daniel Doom, reformed pirate, rescue an exhausted native..."]
    Lance O'Casey
  5. The Horned Bear
  6. [The Mask's Kidnapping Scheme]
    Spy Smasher
  7. [Peril in Fort Worth]
    Dan Dare
  8. ["I've lived a full life, son, so I don't mind dying."]
    Dr. Voodoo
  9. ["Look out, darling, we'll be killed!"]
    Ibis the Invincible
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